Jo Alcock
JUSP: Journal Usage Statistics Portal

JUSP background and aims
» JUSP - Journal Usage Statistics Portal
» Supports UK academic libraries by providing a single
point of access to e-journal usage data
» Free for Jisc institutions
» Assists management of e-journal collections,
evaluation and decision-making
» Provides statistics to ensure the best deals for the
academic community

Participants
» Data from over 70 publishers
and intermediaries* in JUSP
» Regular communication with
publishers; priorities informed
by participating libraries
*Figures accurate on 4th November 2015
» Almost all UK Higher
Education Institutions
participate in JUSP
» Interest from libraries in other
sectors and outside UK
Participating librariesParticipating publishers

How does JUSP collect data?
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» Standardized Usage
Statistics Harvesting
Initiative (SUSHI)
» Machine to machine
method of gathering
statistics
» Libraries can view their
data from all
participating publishers
within JUSP portal

What data are available?
» COUNTER-compliant usage data (COUNTER =
Counting Online Usage of NeTworked Electronic
Resources)
› JR1: Journal Report 1 – Number of Successful Full-text Article Requests by
Month and Journal
› JR1a: Journal Report 1a – Number of Successful Full-text Article Requests from
an Archive by Month and Journal
› JR1 GOA: Journal Report 1 GOA – Number of Successful Gold Open Access Full-
text Article Requests by Month and Journal
» Where available, JUSP has usage statistics dating
back to Jan 2009

What reports are there in JUSP?
» Journal level reports
» Summary reports
» Titles and deals reports
» Usage profiling reports
Guides to reports: http://jusp.mimas.ac.uk/guides-to-reports

JR1 report

Trends over time

Comparing publisher deals

Usage of titles and deals

Usage profiling

How are libraries using JUSP?
Support regular reporting by providing accurate
usage statistics
“We know that there is someone there who is keeping
an eye on the data and making sure it is all accurate
and correct”
University of Salford

How are libraries using JUSP?
Making effecting use of staff time
“We do more evaluation and less data collection, which
is a much better focus and use of time”
Open University

How are libraries using JUSP?
Assisting others in understanding resource usage
“Now also include usage statistics in annual renewal
list that departments use… Colleges within the
University are interested in more data about their
journals”
Leicester University

How are libraries using JUSP?
Informing decisions for substitutions
“helped us better understand the research profile of our
institution which in turn informs decisions over resource
allocation”
Birkbeck, University of London

How are libraries using JUSP?
Support benchmarking and usage profiling activities
“We have been using the usage profiling reports in a
number of different ways to understand our usage in a
broader context… [for example] to support a business
case for a purchase to improve the user experience of
accessing electronic resources”
Plymouth University

Future developments
» Ebooks service - launching in February 2016
» Investigating similar for databases and multimedia
» Investigating including JR2 (Access Denied to Full-
Text Articles by Month, Journal and Category)
» Investigating including JR5 (Number of Successful
Full-Text Article Requests by Year-of-Publication
and Journal)

Further information
JUSP
http://jusp.mimas.ac.uk
jusp@mimas.ac.uk